Teen arrested in White Center home invasion rape

A 17-year-old boy suspected of raping a woman in front of her boyfriend and young child was arrested Thursday after investigators matched his DNA to the crime, the King County Sheriff’s Office reports.

The robbery and rape are alleged to have occurred on the evening of Nov. 12, when two armed men forced their way into a home in the 10800 block of Sixth Avenue South.

Inside the home, in unincorporated King County south of West Seattle, the men pistol-whipped a male resident and sexually assaulted the woman, a Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said in a statement. The couple’s 18-month-old child was in the home at the time.

Both men fled the scene before police arrived, and the second assailant remains unaccounted for.

DNA collected at the scene led investigators to arrest a 17-year-old boy, who was taken into custody at his Skyway residence. According to a news release statement, the boy’s DNA was found at the scene.

The teen was booked into the King County Youth Service Center. He has not yet been charged.